The U.S. women’s soccer team made no secret of it: It came to Japan to win the gold, and it is very unhappy that will not happen.
But that does not mean it lacks for motivation.
Megan Rapinoe: “We still have a medal to compete for. It’s obviously not the type of medal we wanted, but we need to understand, still, how lucky we are to compete for that. We certainly don’t want to lose two in a row.”
Carli Lloyd: “If we’re not going to walk away with a gold medal, I’d like to walk away with a bronze medal at the very least.